OnePlus 13R vs Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
78
out of 100
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83
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.78-inch OnePlus 13R (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on January 7, 2025, against the Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max, which is powered by Apple A17 Pro and came out 1 year and 4 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 13R
- Comes with 1559 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 4441 mAh
- 64% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2405K versus 1467K)
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 23W)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
- The phone is 1 year and 4 months newer
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Delivers 45% higher peak brightness (1772 against 1220 nits)
- Shows 10% longer battery life (31:37 vs 28:50 hours)
- Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Reverse charging feature
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- 35% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2974 and 2195 points
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
Review
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.78 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1264 x 2780 pixels | 1290 x 2796 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.8:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 450 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1600 nits | 2000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 4500 nits | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass 7i | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 91.2% | 89.8% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99.6% | 99.8% |
| PWM | 90 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Response time | 2 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.72 mm (6.37 inches) | 159.9 mm (6.3 inches) |
| Width | 75.77 mm (2.98 inches) | 76.7 mm (3.02 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.02 mm (0.32 inches) | 8.25 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 206 g (7.27 oz) | 221 g (7.8 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP65 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Gray | White, Black, Silver, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
| Repairability | Good (3.83/5) | - |
| Drop resistance | Good (C) · 120 drops | - |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 | Apple A17 Pro |
| Max clock | 3300 MHz | 3780 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 2 cores at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 3 cores at 3.15 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
- 4 cores at 2.11 GHz: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 3.78 GHz: Everest |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 750 | 6 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 903-1000 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2774 GFLOPS | ~2147.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 16138 | 28374 |
| Single-core score | 2195 | 2974 |
| Multi-core score | 6781 | 7533 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 675433 | 374357 |
| GPU | 817091 | 463612 |
| Memory | 364528 | 184670 |
| UX | 548452 | 444831 |
| Total score | 2405504 | 1467470 |
| Samples | [29 tests] | [7 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 70% | 71% |
| Graphics test | 12 FPS | 10 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1673 | 1391 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 73% |
| Graphics test | 32 FPS | 23 FPS |
| Section 1 | 36 FPS | 29 FPS |
| Section 2 | 32 FPS | 23 FPS |
| Section 3 | 27 FPS | 16 FPS |
| Graphics score | 8397 | 6089 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 63% |
| Graphics test | - | 21 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 3655 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 11853 | - |
| Video editing | 6267 | - |
| Photo editing | 22043 | - |
| Data manipulation | 12569 | - |
| Writing score | 15676 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#165th place)
Recent User Tests
OnePlus 13R
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-15 -> rzwn raihan | Geekbench 6 GPU | 16013 |
| 📘 2026-10-15 -> rzwn raihan | Geekbench 7 GPU | 5741 |
| 📘 2026-10-15 -> rzwn raihan | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2222 / 6969 |
| 📘 2026-10-15 -> rzwn raihan | Geekbench 7 CPU | 876 / 4825 |
| 📘 2026-10-15 -> rzwn raihan | AnTuTu 12 | 2628452 |
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-01 (Zabza) | AnTuTu 11 | 1996792 |
| 📘 2026-09-28 (Kuan.28) | AnTuTu 11 | 1752198 |
| 📘 2026-09-23 (podsolnuh) | AnTuTu 11 | 1357765 |
| 📘 2026-09-11 (Zabza) | AnTuTu 11 | 1599694 |
| 📘 2026-09-10 (elio) | AnTuTu 11 | 1445771 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 4800 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 | iOS 17 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) |
| ROM | OxygenOS 15 | - |
| OS size | 37 GB | 17.6 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 6 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 6000 mAh | 4441 mAh |
| Max charge power | 80 W | 23 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (73% in 30 min) | Yes (46% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:48 hr | 1:49 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1200 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | 13:49 hr | 12:36 hr |
| Watching video | 21:40 hr | 22:07 hr |
| Gaming | 06:35 hr | 06:58 hr |
| Standby | 100 hr | 139 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (68th and 32nd place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2x | Optical, 5x |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 480 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 112° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Telephoto: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP 4) Depth |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Sony LYT-700 (IMX 906) | Sony IMX803 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.78 - 2.8 |
| Focal length | 47 mm | 120 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN5 | Sony IMX913 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 16 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX355 | Sony IMX633 |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 80 |
| Preview | - | 86 |
| Zoom | - | 142 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 16 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4608 x 3456 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3P9 | Sony IMX714 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | - | 145 |
| Video | - | 156 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | No | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | eSIM |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | - | 20 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | January 2025 | September 2023 |
| Release date | January 2025 | September 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | $1199 |
| Successor | - OnePlus 15R | - Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.98 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 0.98 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Not included |
Further details
Notes on OnePlus 13R:
- This is the global version of the OnePlus Ace 5 smartphone.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the camera, performance, connectivity, software, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max. But if the gaming is more of a priority – go for the OnePlus 13R.
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